Jumbo1968

I went there the other, eyetest, it’s always very busy, I was first in line but 4/5 Thais turned up after me. I think she ‘rushed’ me, charged ฿1000 for eye test, 15 minutes it took.

They don’t employ optometrists.

In fairness Nick Dean said he was going to do away with the ‘casting couch’ where the bar girls get drinks bought for them by online viewers. I have no idea if he ever did as I unsubscribed from the channel but I doubt it as he will get a ‘cut’ of the lady drinks. i also unsubscribed from Buzzin Trevor as all he does now like many YouTubers is walk endlessly round the sois in Pattaya. i found both channels very informative during Covid with up to date reports but both are extremely boring struggling for content and probably only entertaining for viewers who don’t live in Pattaya.

Nick Dean and Buzzin Trevor do a good job of promoting Pattaya both have 1000s of followers I often wonder how many actually visiting Pattaya visit their bars. I used watch NTVI on YouTube on a Sunday but I was put off by the girls sitting on a sofa getting p***** on drinks bought by sunscribers, tbh it was embarrassing.

Yes lots of positivity but its customers the bars need and currently there are not or never will be enough customers to make some bars profitable, the new complex looks very nice on the way out of Myth Night heading towards Soi Buakhao. Nick Dean must be spending big money on rent for his 4 bars, is he getting the customers, I never go down that way at night albeit they are empty during the day. Bars on Soi Buakhao are selling small bottles 50/60 baht during happy hour, he once quoted to me bars selling beer at that price shouldn’t be in business ? I believe the days of beer swilling western tourists is long gone now, Pattaya will still attract the over 50s single men but not in the same numbers as before.

Put it back on the banned list for the time being and start again regulating what’s legal and not legal instead of going round in circles trying to pick the bits out already in place which isn’t 100% legal or otherwise.

Has there been a notable increase in tourism since weed was removed from the narcotics list ? I do sympathise with the shop owners and farmers who might go out of business but why start up a business when it wasn’t in black and white what the laws were going to be ?

If the signs don’t get you a vehicle/motor bike will when you try and cross the road at the crossing.

Good for you but you not all of the older citizens are technically savvy and probably don’t have a smart phone. There has also been loads of reports the system doesn’t always work.

Owners responsibility, why should the renter be fined if the owner hasn’t done a TM30.

Plenty of quiet bars it’s just the others next to them are not.

I thought it was the owners responsibility to do a TM30 not the tenant or are some owners too lazy to do one ?

I have been out today, I spoke with some Stall Holders in Mike Shopping Mall and The Night bazaar, they all said the same very quiet including on an evening. Bar owners must be expecting plane loads of tourists as they are now adding more bars to Made In Thailand. 2019 was a one off with numbers made up by the Chinese, their economy has slumped therefore the tourists numbers from China will be down. Europeans, looking at the flight prices they have not decreased by much and Thailand forgets many countries have economies which are in recession.

I renewed my sons U.K. Passport here in Thailand, no proof of address was required ?

There have been several posts on Facebook recently where renters say they have to do the TM30 because the house owner won’t do one. I can’t understand why the renters feel they have to, as the op says it’s the owner’s responsibility, surely a renter can’t be fined at immigration if a TM30 hasn’t been filed on their behalf ?

I am sure if you went round the bars there would be an obliging lady for your wife at a price.

You unload the containers from a ship at one side of Thailand then you transport them to another ship by rail to the other side of the country for their onward destination, you’re doubling the costs already. It would also mean developing 2 new ports. The Thai government don’t want a canal as it would split the country in 2.

Chinese people live in Taiwan.

The minutes the op never got were for the ‘happy ending’ which he didn’t ask for😀

If you have money you have power, the elite don’t want the ‘commoners’ to have that same as any other country.

You can get a traditional SundaY Lunch in many places, why pay over the odds for Christmas Day, it’s not a holiday, staff don’t an enhanced rate of pay like they do in the U.K. , I would like see the breakdown of 3999 baht Christmas Lunch.

You can put up as many warning lights, signs up as you like but they need to be enforced, crossing outside the school flashing lights warning drivers, do they ever slow down or stop, no. I use pedestrian crossings regularly with traffic control, some drivers stop some don’t, bikes tend not to, you forget this is Thailand.where they laws but rarely are they enforced even the wearing of crash hats.

Yes I think you are correct as the garage registered my car for me so they would have had to pay the basic insurance to do this.

I insured my car around August with full Comprehensive Insurance, the Road Tax expires the end of the month, the broker has now said the Thai Sri Insurance/Motor CTPL - Car - expires on the 28th of December and I have to pay 648 baht to renew it. If I have full comprehensive insurance why do I still need to pay the Thai Sri Insurance/Motor CTPL - Car - ?

75000 +currently claiming asylum, how are they going to select the 200 Rwanda are going to take at a cost of £140 million which has now been topped up by another £40 million the other day, expensive ‘digs’ It would be cheaper keeping them in the U.K. ,no way is sending people to Rwanda going to discourage people crossing the channel, very large odds you could be selected to be sent to Rwanda.